Faculty Voices

Episode 40: Jennifer Alpert on Latinx Women in Media


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On the occasion of International Women’s History Month, Jennifer Alpert, a Lecturer in Harvard’s History and Literature program, discusses the representation of Latin American and Latinx women in film and television—ranging from Carmen Miranda to Encanto to the Gordita Chronicles. As a film scholar who worked on "From Latin America to Hollywood: Latino Film Culture in Los Angeles 1967–2017," aiming to increase Latin American/Latinx representation in popular media, she gives as an insider’s view on progress and setbacks in the depiction of women.
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Faculty VoicesBy David Rockefeller Center for Latin American Studies

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